Oh 2013, we hardly knew ye. It seems like yesterday we were ringing in the New Year, and now another 12 months on the Great White Way is already coming to a close. Before we welcome 2014 with open arms, we’ve been doing a lot of reflection. Serious reflection. Usually, we can hardly remember what we ate for breakfast (oh wait, donuts), but 2013 has been so unforgettable, we can’t wait to relive the highlights. Check out the amazing things we learned!

Shakespeare Should Be Cashing So Many Royalty Checks Right Now
The Bard has been dead for 398 years, but in 2013, he proved he’s still the most prolific playwright in the biz. Broadway was treated to not one, but five shows by Shakespeare (two of them wereMacbeth), which, if he were still alive, would definitely afford him a sweet penthouse on Central Park West and a decent toupee. Too bad, Shakes—if you had stuck around a few more years, you could have seen American Idol runner-up Justin Guarini in the role he was born to play: Justin in From Justin to Kelly.

The Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards Got You Wasted
Miss all those Jell-O shots and keg stands from your college frat parties (oh, who are we kidding—your college cast parties)? Broadway.com had you covered at this year’s Audience Choice Awards, which featured Stephanie J. Block and Aaron Tveit leading a drinking game at the podium, Billy Porter giving a way boozier acceptance speech than he did at the Tonys, and a bunch of usually upstanding Broadway stars getting positively obliterated at the open bar. Best of all, we’ve got it all on video for blackmailing purposes. Muh-ha-ha-ha-ha…

The Best Musical of All Time Is Apparently Wicked
Not to be outdone by some weird thing called College Basketball (we think it’s a TV show?), Broadway.com created our own March Musical Madness competition this year. All month long, we pitted your favorite musicals against each other in a battle for the title of Best Musical of All Time, and in the end, Wicked, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, came out on top. Be careful about meeting these witches in a dark alley, Les Miz, Phantom and West Side Story. They will CUT YOU.